Heading towards the end of Bush’s 8 years of “No child left behind”, the numbers are in and our mediocre public education is farther along towards worthless.
Bush’s response: Change the way we calculate the numbers!
The Bush administration announced Tuesday it will require states to report high school graduation rates in a uniform way instead of using a variety of methods that critics say are often based on unreliable information.
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced the change at a news conference at which a report was released showing that 17 of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent.
“When more than 1 million students a year drop out of high school, it’s more than a problem, it’s a catastrophe,” said former Secretary of State Colin Powell, founding chair of the alliance.
Trading excuses for lousy administration is in the political DNA of America’s history of state vs. federal government. The end result of the cavil continues to be incompetence.
Maybe it’s time to tear down our educational administration and start from scratch?
Here’s the whole report in .pdf.
This is just what those rich and powerful conservatives like. Social class segregation has always begun in school. The middle and lower class Americans go to public schools where they recieve a basic indoctrination and scholastic goals are low. The few who really fight and struggle and achieve scholarships and those whose parents who are willing to sacrifice their retirement may make it to upper class through university. The number’s are marginal and half the kids are giving up in despair. These numbers do not reflect the quality of education, as much as they do the division of classes.
Earlier I hinted the system could be fixed – in actuality it’s not broken, it’s doing what it’s designed to do. Google John Taylor Gatto and read his material for an explanation.
Dont forget that stupid people are easy to control – religion has used this many times over the last few centuries
#33 – “This is just what those rich and powerful conservatives like. Social class segregation has always begun in school. The middle and lower class Americans go to public schools where they recieve a basic indoctrination and scholastic goals are low.”
Oh yes, like the lib dems who vehemently oppose using public school funds to send inner city kids to private schools. While they send their kids to private schools. Good point! LOL
school SUX 4 MY AND MY OPION ITS A WASTE OF TIME SO YA, THEY SAY WEN U DROP OUT U BECOME POOR OR GO TO PRISON NOPE NOT ALWAYS TRUE SORRY PEOPLE SO GET YOUR STUFF STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU TALK